A frantic search is underway to trace a Polish man who has been missing in Scotland for three days.
10.11.2022 - 08:17 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A man left devastated by the deaths of three friends to suicide says an overhaul of mental health services is needed in Scotland to prevent future tragedies.
Danny Thain, 27, lost three people close to him in the space of just nine years after they each took their own lives under the age of 25. At 18-years-old, the now dad-of-one carried his best friend's coffin to his funeral.
One year later, he lost a second friend under the same circumstances. The harrowing events left Danny, from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, crippled as he struggled with unanswered questions around the deaths.
Recalling the loss of his pals, Danny told the Record how each death came without warning.
He said: "I had no idea about what my friends were going through, I just got the message one day that they weren’t here anymore. Everyone was blown away - nobody knew why. One day they were here, the next day they weren’t.
“It came without warning and it left us looking for answers we'll never get. You’re left constantly wondering what they were going through before they decided they didn’t want to be here anymore.”
But it wasn't until summertime this year, when Danny lost a third friend to suicide, that he decided something had to change. He transformed his grief into motivation to help others and founded The World Suicide Prevention Project (TWSPP) - an organisation to help vulnerable individuals and those bereaved by suicide.
The group's mission is trademark the first mental health rehabilitation centre in Scotland.
Danny added: "I got the dreaded phone call to say a third pal had taken his own life. Each time it happens, it cripples me.
"It was so heavy. But in that moment, something happened and a pin dropped.
"I realised that something needed to change
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